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About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorI guess the best way to describe myself is I'm that tech guy everyone seems to know. If it's electronic, makes a few beeping noises and generally confuses people, I want to know more about it - the more complicated it is, the better. I'm definitely one of those people that needs to know how something works as opposed to just knowing that it does work. Intellectually, I'm a jack of all trades. Something will catch my attention, and I'll learn all I can about it for awhile before the next interesting topic comes along and steals my time.

While you're here, why not check out some video footage of Epic's Gears of War?

While we're on the subject of videos, these two videos are the funniest things I've seen in ages!

My Interests

Arcade cabinet design, Video games, web design, mmog's, movies, books, sports, shooting pool, life in general, I think you can see where I'm going with this :p Check out my website at www.nylatenite.com for more details on the gaming aspect I mentioned.
Xbox Live Tag: Latenite

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people - It doesn't matter what you have in this world, all that matters is who you are and what you choose to stand for.

Music:

I cover a pretty broad range of music, if the lyrics are good and it sounds right, I'm down with that.

Movies:

For some strange reason even though I own all the DVD's, any time there's a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western marathon on, I'm there. ESB is probably my favorite film of all time, love the LoTR trilogy (and hated the books) and to quote Calvin, "Idiots, Anvils and Explosives, that's what entertainment is all about!"

Television:

I'm probably the only person in the world who doesn't watch American Idol, which my co-workers can probably attest to. Give me some good movies, some cartoons and a few good Discovery Channel specials and I'm set for an evening.

Books:

Feist, Hickman & Weiss, Clancy, Crighton, Ambrose - again, a pretty good mix. Best book I've read recently was James Bradley's "Flags of Our Fathers"

My Blog

Chances...

Chances... you know the ones - the ones that every once in a while come along and ask you to throw caution to the wind on a longshot. The chances that we come across where the odds are stacked a...
Posted by NYLatenite on Wed, 07 May 2008 05:27:00 PST

Too good not to share - part two

Some of you may recall the original "Too good not to share post" I made awhile back (and if you don't, just check back in the blog history - there aren't many here, so it's not like it's all that hard...
Posted by NYLatenite on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:37:00 PST

Halo 3 coming September 25th, 2007

Just a quick note for all the Halo addicts dropping by - in case you haven't heard, Microsoft has officially announced that Halo 3 will be hitting retail on September 25th, 2007. Start getting your m...
Posted by NYLatenite on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:40:00 PST

CHILD'S PLAY CHARITY KICKS OFF DRIVE FOR 2006

It's time to take a break from all the Gears of War posts and talk about something that actually matters in the big scheme of things. In 2003, the folks over at Penny Arcade started a charity dr...
Posted by NYLatenite on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:23:00 PST

Best Coke commercial ever.

I was checking out the news at Kotaku today when I saw this video - and I just have to share it. It is, without a doubt, the best Coke commercial I've seen in ages. Hell, if I wasn't already hopelessl...
Posted by NYLatenite on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:56:00 PST

The Viewsonic Saga Continues...

Forgive the way this blog entry rambles, I've tried splicing this together from my website's explanation of the situation, which implies that you already have some of the information.For this just joi...
Posted by NYLatenite on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:31:00 PST

Beer-Can Chicken

So I finally decided to try my hand at making a beer-can chicken. I've been hearing about them all over the place, and the idea of cooking a poor chicken with a can crammed up its behind cracks me up....
Posted by NYLatenite on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:38:00 PST

Why congress has no business getting involved in video game ratings...

Gotta love the Daily Show. On a serious note though, this clip shows exactly why congress has no business getting involved in the debate over game ratings. You really should tune out after this commen...
Posted by NYLatenite on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:44:00 PST

Too good not to share

I was on my way to the supermarket the other evening to pick up some groceries since the 'fridge is looking pretty bare, and I noticed this little sign on my local McDonald's as I went by... Now far b...
Posted by NYLatenite on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 02:07:00 PST

Fantasy Football

I can just see you rolling your eyes right now and saying, My God, its only June and this guy is already talking about Fantasy Football. Well, excuse me for breathing, but if places have opened the do...
Posted by NYLatenite on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:52:00 PST